5. Broad Curriculum Coverage

11. Keyword Search 1. Enter your search term mars 2. Select Most Recent Matches 3. Click GO 4. See most recent articles containing the term

12. Keyword (cont’d) 1. See most recent articles containing the term 2. Click an article headline or view articles by specific reading level

13. Keyword (cont’d) 1. Select an article to view 2. Articles may be printed or copied.

14. Phrase Search 1. Enter your phrase “life cycles” 2. Be sure to use quotation marks 3. Select best matches 4. Click GO

15. Phrase Search (cont’d) 1. See articles with the complete phrase “life cycles” 2. Lexile/reading level displays before each article

16. Phrase Search (cont’d) 1. Select an article to view 2. Articles may be printed or copied

18. Boolean Search 1. Search using egypt and mummies 2. Narrows results by including only articles containing both terms

19. Boolean Search (cont’d) 1. See list of articles that contain both terms 2. Click an article headline

20. Boolean Search (cont’d) 1. See the complete article 2. Articles may be printed or copied.

21. Topic Search 1. Click a broad topic like Communities and Customs

22. Topic Search Click a subtopic like Holidays and Celebrations

23. Topic Search 1. See list of articles 2. Click a headline

24. Topic Search 1. See the complete article 2. Articles may be printed or copied.

27. We’ll cover: What is it? Why use it? How to use it?

29. Curriculum Coverage

31. Apply Research-based Best Practices Integrate content and higher-order process skills... Content declarative knowledge academic content Process reading/writing skills thinking skills cognitive skills

33. Two Main Components Tools Activities - critical thinking - content literacy

34. 500+ Activities 1. Select a subject area, like Plants and Animals 2. Select a topic and essential question 3. Notice over 100 activities provide dual language support (English - Spanish)

44. Teacher View

45. State Educational Standards To reference standards: 1. Go to Teacher View 2. Select state 3. See all standards addressed by the activity

48. Advantages of TCR Connections for Kids Over the Web